Hi tomhanser,

It should be ok, although I can't say with 100% certainty as it was never validated by Dell on the T3600. The highest rated CPU that Dell shipped was the E5-2665

The T3600 has a C600 chipset which supports the following CPUs:

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Intel_(chipsets)/C602.html

The only issues I can see that you might encounter are power and heat, the TDP of the E5-2665 is 115W, whilst the E5-2680 is 150W.

If you go ahead with the upgrade, I would recommend updating the BIOS beforehand:

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=9MDXF

I hope this helps.

One more thing, DELL-Alasdair R.

This CPU is for a Dell but it says "For Servers Only. Not compatible with Dell home computers."

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA75M3GE7231

Will this work, or not?

Thanks!

It should work. The E5-2665 is a CPU that shipped with the T3600, so is fully compatible.

Thanks so much!

I don't know the 3600 details, but you should make sure that EITHER

a) Dell shipped only a single type/model/part# of heatsink with their original machine, in which case you're fine since that processor was original spec;

OR

b) Dell shipped different types of heatsinks, AND ALSO the heatsink you have is the same one which shipped w/ the 150W TDP processors.

On my machine, for example, Dell ships two different heatsinks which vary by processor TDP, so you can't use the small one with the big processors.

Hi did anyone tried to run some higher sandy bridge CPU? 

I can get E5-2687w for good price but I am not sure if it does work

Thanks in advance

https://amp.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/b9ttxk/t3600_cpu/ 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/t3600fanblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/27/cpu-fan-upgrade/amp/ 

A few references:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-Precision-T3600-Workstation-1x-Xeon-E5-2687W-3-1GHz-Eight-Core-Processor-4GB-DDR3-Memory-1x-500GB-Hard-Drive-AMD-Radeon-HD-8350-Windows-10-Profe/320651545 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precision-T3600-Workstation-8-Core-E5-2687w-Upto-3-8GHz-2TB-SSD-Evo-85-/324041662987 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newegg.com/amp/dell-precision-t3600/p/1VK-0001-3T729 

Though item is out of stock in those scenarios, you'll get it.  Sellers are selling the T3600 with the E5-2687w.

According to the link shared above the T3600 should support Xeon E5-2660 v2 but after installing it, the PC doesn't start (power button is orange). Looking on the hardver . I found that it based on C600 (not on C602) which seems like doesn't support this CPU.
BIOS upgraded to the latest version (currently A18).
I'm I right so I have to install another CPU with max 8 Cores (e.g. E5-2665) or overlooked something?

Thanks for your answer in advance.